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Gordon Craig Memorial Exhibition

Poster
1967 (made)
Artist/Maker
H. M. Stationery Office (issued by)
Craig, Edward Gordon (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (issued)

Colour poster on blue paper.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Advertising
Tiles
History of the V&A
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleGordon Craig Memorial Exhibition (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Offset lithograph on paper
Paper
Lithography
Offset Printing
Brief description
'Gordon Craig Memorial Exhibition'. Poster advertising an exhibition held at the Victoria and Albert Museum using a reproduction of a woodcut by Gordon Craig. Offset lithograph on blue paper designed by Peter Branfield, 1967.
Physical description
Colour poster on blue paper.
Dimensions
  • Size of sheet height: 73.8cm
  • Size of sheet width: 48.1cm
Dimensions taken from: Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1967. London: HMSO, 1968.
Object history
This poster advertises the Gordon Craig Memorial Exhibition, held at the Victoria and Albert Museum between 2 November 1967 and 12 January 1968.
Subject depicted
Storms
Place depicted
Victoria and Albert Museum
Association
Craig, Edward Gordon
Literary referenceKing Lear
Associated object
E.1146-1924
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1967 . London: HMSO, 1968.
  • Summary Catalogue of British Posters to 1988 in the Victoria & Albert Museum in the Department of Design, Prints & Drawing. Emmett Publishing, 1990. 129 p. ISBN: 1 869934 12 1
Other number
5/A1 - V&A microfiche
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.509-1967

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O693396/gordon-craig-memorial-exhibition-poster-craig-edward-gordon/
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